Senior Power Platform Architect & Technical Lead

Jobtailor

Los Angeles (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States is seeking an experienced Power Platform Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable Microsoft Power Platform solutions across Power Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, and Dynamics 365. You will collaborate with the CTO to define architecture, governance, and deployment patterns.

You will design data models, security, and integrations, evaluate platform boundaries, and establish reusable patterns.

Qualifications

Significant professional experience building and supporting production Microsoft Power Platform solutions.
Strong hands-on experience with Power Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, Power Platform Solutions, security, and ALM.
Experience with Dynamics 365, including configuration, extension, or integration.
Strong understanding of Dataverse data modeling, relationships, ownership, security, and application architecture.
Demonstrated experience integrating Power Platform with external business systems.
Experience designing and consuming REST APIs, authentication and authorization, and custom connectors.
Experience implementing Development, Test/UAT, and Production environments and repeatable deployment processes.
Experience with Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 integrations.
Ability to independently evaluate technical requirements, identify tradeoffs, and recommend solutions.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Partner with the CTO / Systems Architect to design secure, maintainable, and scalable Power Platform solutions.
Design and develop solutions using Power Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, Dynamics 365, and related Microsoft technologies.
Design Dataverse data models, relationships, business rules, security models, forms, views, and application components.
Design and implement integrations between Power Platform and internal or third-party systems using APIs, custom connectors, Azure services, and other technologies.
Evaluate when functionality belongs in Power Platform versus Azure or traditional application development.
Establish reusable architecture patterns, development standards, naming conventions, and governance practices.
Design and support Development, Test/UAT, and Production environments.
Implement application lifecycle management using Solutions, environment variables, connection references, deployment pipelines, source control, and CI/CD.
Design solutions using Microsoft Entra ID, Dataverse security roles, ownership models, and least-privilege principles.
Support Power Platform governance, including Data Loss Prevention policies, connector controls, Managed Environments, auditing, monitoring, and administrative standards.
Review solutions for performance, scalability, security, licensing, maintainability, and platform limitations.
Stay current with Power Platform changes and recommend improvements.
Document architectural decisions, development standards, integration patterns, and lessons learned.